Distilling apparatus



(No Model.)

A. J. SWEENEY.

DISTILLING APPARATUS.

No. 415,227. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDRE J. SIVEENEY, OF WHEELING, \VEST VIRGINIA.

DISTILLING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,227, dated November 19, 1889. Application filed June 25, 1889. Serial No. 315,487. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. SWEENEY, of lVheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of lVest Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Distilling Apparatus; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is an improved form of dis tilling apparatus for the distillation of Water, though it is applicable to the distillation of other liquids, and is especially adapted for domestic use.

My object is to provide a simple and inex pensive apparatus, and one which may be run by an unskilled person.

The essential parts of the apparatus are as follows: a generator adapted to any ordinary form of heating apparatus, acondensing-eoil located within the cold-water chamber, and suitable pipeconnections between the generator and the coil, and suitable supply-pipes for the cold-water chamber and generator. It includes also a special arrangement of supply and overflow pipes in connection with the condensing-coil and the cold-water chamber.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the figure represents the apparatus in side elevation, the condensing-chamber only being in section.

In the drawing, A represents the generator, which, as represented, is adapted to rest upon and receive heat from an ordinary stove or range. It is shown also as being provided with a pipe 13, which may be extended into a range, stove, or furnace and be heated thereby, the pipe 13 having an upper and lower connection with the generator A, whereby a current may be maintained in the generator through the pipe. For convenience the upper or returning part of the pipe 13 is brought nearly to the lower part, and the connection is raised at the end nearest to the generator The generator is closed at the top and is provided with a pipe C, extending laterally to connect with the coil E. This coil is located within the cold-water chamber B, entirely surrounding the coil, and from this a coil-extension is carried to any suitable receptacle fitted to receive the water of con densation. The cold-Water chamber is supplied from any suitable pipe F, having a cock I. It..has an overflow-pipe G near the top, which extends to and is connected with the bottom of the generator, so as to supply the generator with Water to compensate for the loss by evaporation.

In order to maintain the proper amount of water in the generator, an overflow-pipe H is supplied. For convenience it is shown as joined to the supply-pipe G at a point adapted to maintain the proper level in the generator, so that after the generator is supplied with the proper amount of water the surplus will run off at the pipe II.

It will be seen that the apparatusis simple in its construction and requires no skill for its operation. The cold-water supply through the pipe F may be from any suitable source and may be regulated by the cock I to prevent waste. The excess of Water not evaporated will be discharged through the pipe ii.

I claim as my invention- The combination, with a generator, of the coil connected therewith, the cold-water chamber surrounding the coil, a cold-water supply, and the pipe G connecting the upper part of the chamber with the generator and regulating-pipe II, in connection with pipe G, all substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANDREYV J'. SlVEENEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN L. STAMON, U. P. BROWN, Jr. 

